Education project aims to build brighter future for refugee children
Finn Conte, Staff Writer
January 6, 2020
On May 12, 2018, a fire swept through apartment G in the Summit-Cone complex, located at the busy intersection of Cone Boulevard and Summit Avenue in Greensboro. Tragically, Emmanuel and Furaha Mugabo, who came to Greensboro as refugees originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, lost their five...
Reading brings community together to raise money for families at the border
Alesha Garcia and Ellen Han
September 12, 2019
As tensions continue to intensify along the U.S.-Mexico border, the tragedies that occur there often seem to get drowned out by the incessant arguing of politicians. In an effort to support migrant families and remember the deceased, writers and community members gathered to perform and listen to...
Reza Aslan discusses religion, storytelling at Bryan Series
Lana Heltzel, Staff Writer
February 2, 2018
“When you’re an immigrant, ‘I want to be a writer’ is not something you tell your parents who basically gave up everything to come here,” said Reza Aslan, author and religious studies scholar, to a laughing audience. “I told my mom what I wanted to do with my life was write, and she said,...
